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Former radio and television personality Wendy Williams has been declared permanently incapacitated following a diagnosis of primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia in 2023.
Her guardian, Sabrina Morrissey, disclosed in a court filing that the 60-year-old Williams “has become cognitively impaired, permanently disabled, and incapacitated,” as reported by the New York Post.
Morrissey is currently engaged in a legal dispute with Lifetime over the release of the documentary “Where Is Wendy Williams?” which premiered in February.
The lawsuit alleges that the defendants—including Lifetime’s parent company, A&E Television Networks, Lifetime Entertainment Services, EOne Productions, Creature Films, and the documentary’s executive producer, Mark Ford—exploited Williams’ cognitive and physical decline.
The filing asserts that they created and released a documentary when Williams was particularly vulnerable and unable to give informed consent for filming.
In 2023, Williams was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, conditions similar to those affecting actor Bruce Willis.
Since May 2022, she has been placed under a court-ordered guardianship that manages her health and finances, following claims from her bank, Wells Fargo, that she was “incapacitated.”
